Struggle and Suffrage in Peterborough by Abigail Hamilton-Thompson

Author:Abigail Hamilton-Thompson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / Women
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Published: 2022-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Alice was released without a conviction, having been given a caution by the magistrate; she was found dead six months later in Whitechapel – potentially the eighth and final victim of the infamous Jack the Ripper.

During the last few months of 1888, at least five prostitutes had been murdered on the streets of the East End of London by what was thought to be the same hand. Each woman had had their throat cut and most had been mutilated in a gruesome brutal way. These murders had prompted a widescale murder hunt, but the Metropolitan Police never found the killer.

Alice McKenzie, the victim of the murder was about 45 years of age, and was about 5ft 4in tall. She had brown hair and eyes and a fair complexion.

The Western Times published this description, which had been circulated by the authorities, on Thursday, 18 July 1889 –

She is believed to have been of the ‘unfortunate’ class, but has not yet been identified.

She wore a red staff bodice, patched under the arm and a brown staff skirt. She also had on a linsey petticoat, black stockings, buttoned boots, and a Paisley shawl; but no hat or bonnet.

One peculiarity in the description may serve for purposes of identification: part of the nail on the thumb on the left hand is deficient.

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